''Pinus occidentalis'', also known as the Hispaniolan pine or Hispaniola pine, (or in
Spanish
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: pino criollo ) is a
pine tree
endemic to the island of
Hispaniola (split between the
Dominican Republic and
Haiti).
Ecology
It is the eponymous species of the
Hispaniolan pine forests ecosystem, in which it constitutes a majority of the biomass present.
Another endemic species, the
Hispaniolan crossbill
The Hispaniolan crossbill (''Loxia megaplaga'') is a crossbill that is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and the only representative of the ''Loxia'' genus in the Caribbean.
Taxonomy & evolut ...
(''Loxia megaplaga''), feeds almost exclusively on the cones of ''P. occidentalis''.
[Dod, Annabelle Stockton (1978). Aves de la República Dominicana. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.]
References
occidentalis
Flora of the Dominican Republic
Flora of Haiti
Taxa named by Olof Swartz
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